Director of Fundraising

3 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Prospectus Full time


Teach First is a charity that believes education is the most powerful tool to help a child fulfil their potential.

Fundraising is instrumental in delivering that belief and the growth of fundraising income will be down to the new Director of Fundraising and their team to reach ambitious strategic objectives.


Teach First train teachers to work in the schools that need the most, equipping school leaders with evidence-led training as well as plugging education leaders into supportive professional networks.


Offered on a 12-month maternity cover, the Director of Fundraising will be responsible for the leadership of the Fundraising Department, its amazing team of fundraisers, and growing the supporter relationship portfolio across philanthropy, trusts and foundations and corporate partners.

The team specifically see growth in major donor philanthropy and the Director of Fundraising will represent the organisation to inspiring stakeholders and build support for the charity.


To start in November 2024, the selected candidate will have experience of leading Fundraising departments at a senior level and will be an expert in managing high-value fundraising cycles; from prospecting, developing proposals and securing funding at the six and seven figure level.

You will be an inspiring leader comfortable with change and will enjoy hands-on fundraising yourself too.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity.

If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Ryan Burdock at Prospectus.


If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more.

Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

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